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Re: 3494 at DR Recovery Site

2005-05-06 10:22:05
Subject: Re: 3494 at DR Recovery Site
From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT MAIL.TJU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 10:19:20 -0400
> I got to thinking about 3494 category codes in the middle of the night
> when I should have been sleeping (can you tell my DR test is soon?).
>
> If I load the DR 3494 with my copypool tapes and let the 3494 do an
> audit operation while I am restoring my tsm machine from a sysback
> tape, will all the tapes be in Insert category? The recovery scripts
> that DRM prepares do not include any "checkin libvol" statements.
> Aren't I going to have to checkin all those tapes before they can be
> used?  The tsm db that I will be restoring won't have any of them in
> libvol because they are all offsite.
>
> David Ehresman
> University of Louisville

I am also preparing for my first DR test with a 3494, although it is a
bit further off than yours. A related question occurs to me: is it
necessary to use mtlib to change the categories of the tapes used to
restore the TSM database?

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